Can you be in 2 sororities?

[AXWhoah]

On my campus Gamma Alpha Omega is recognized by our local Panhellenic and though they are service based they are similar to the NPHC orgs in that they are meant act like the NPC and be single membership.

[tnxbutterfly]

Originally posted by GAOgirl
The sorority that I am in right now is a service sorority. This sorority is not part of the National Panhellenic Council.

If I join a social sorority, I am worried about what my sisters in my sorority would think?

You also might check your org's constitution and by-laws to see if it is possible for you to join a social sorority.

[texas*princess]

Originally posted by tnxbutterfly
You also might check your org's constitution and by-laws to see if it is possible for you to join a social sorority.

Excellent suggestion tnxbutterfly!

[White_Chocolate]

i think that there are some multi-cultural sororities that forbid membership in an NPC and a multicultural. i found this out from my sister's friend who was going to be a theta but she found out that it was a sisterhood like NPC. so, instead of joining theta, she went ahead and became a chi o.

[GeekyPenguin]

Oshkosh Panhellenic

This is the UW-Oshkosh Panhell site. GAO is not a member of the local panhell, so you can probably join an NPC group as long as your GAO chapter does not prohibit it.

However, it does look like GAO is considering joining Panhell, so then you would probably not be able to. You could ask your Greek advisor or the Panhell president for more info.

[RubberSoul]

Well I know you aren't supposed to be able to do it but it does happen (2 NPCs.) There was a girl at Kent who had initially started college elsewhere. She had pledged DZ and been initiated, but then transferred. (I believe that she was still a freshman by credit when she transferred.) She got to Kent and thought she was too good for the DZ chapter, so she pretended that she had never gone through and signed up for formal rush. She ended up pledging Alpha Phi and got initiated there too. I don't understand why she never got booted out because I know that there had to be DZs who knew about it. It wouldn't have been too hard to verify. But she went through all 4 years then as an Alpha Phi and graduated.....I don't know if she holds alumna status or not, maybe she has been busted.

[sarahgrace]

Obviously different people will have different opinions on this subject. I'd just like to throw in my experience, I'm a member of Sigma Alpha Iota (professional music sorority) and Kappa Alpha Theta ('social' sorority) and it's been fine. Everyone in each group is ok with it, no one gives me a hard time, and I have found that I have time to participate in each group as well as keep up with my school work.

Sarah

[astroAPhi]

I guess one question you can ask yourself is would they be "upset" if you joined any other organization on campus? If not, then they really don't have the right to be angry or upset about it. One organization can't rule your life (and I've seen what happens when it does... not good).

My little sister was actually President of Alpha Phi Omega when she rushed Alpha Phi last semester. In the past, members who joined social GLOs after they joined A Phi O deactivated, so they didn't like people joining social orgs, but they didn't realize that it was because many people were dissatisfied with their A Phi O experience (which is actually why she rushed Alpha Phi). To be fair, I will note that my little sister didn't make the required number of hours, but she claims that she wouldn't have anyway.

I would at the very least check it out. If it's not for you, then no big deal, you still have your Gamma Alpha Omega sisters.

GeekyPenguin, what would happen if after she joined a NPC sorority GAO became NPC? Would she be forced to choose, or would they allow her dual membership as a grandfather clause? And is GAO trying to become NPC nationally, or just associate with that local Panhellenic? If they want to become nationally, that would be interesting, because I thought that the last org that joined was in the 50s.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by astroAPhi
GeekyPenguin, what would happen if after she joined a NPC sorority GAO became NPC? Would she be forced to choose, or would they allow her dual membership as a grandfather clause? And is GAO trying to become NPC nationally, or just associate with that local Panhellenic? If they want to become nationally, that would be interesting, because I thought that the last org that joined was in the 50s.

I believe they are just trying to join that local Panhellenic. I would assume she would be grandfathered, but I am not sure. I have met the Gamma Phi Panhell rep and she is very nice, so maybe GAOgirl could email her with questions? I don't think GAO is old enough/established enough for NPC, but I could be wrong.

[White_Chocolate]

Originally posted by RubberSoul
Well I know you aren't supposed to be able to do it but it does happen (2 NPCs.) There was a girl at Kent who had initially started college elsewhere. She had pledged DZ and been initiated, but then transferred. (I believe that she was still a freshman by credit when she transferred.) She got to Kent and thought she was too good for the DZ chapter, so she pretended that she had never gone through and signed up for formal rush. She ended up pledging Alpha Phi and got initiated there too. I don't understand why she never got booted out because I know that there had to be DZs who knew about it. It wouldn't have been too hard to verify. But she went through all 4 years then as an Alpha Phi and graduated.....I don't know if she holds alumna status or not, maybe she has been busted.

I would think that Panhell would have caught that. I don't think that she would have even been recognized as a member of Alpha Phi. Unless Alpha Phi's constitution allows girls from other NPCs join without considering their previous membership.

[astroAPhi]

From what I know, that's a no, but I don't have our constitution memorized or in front of me either.

[33girl]

No one initiated into ANY NPC group can ever join another one, period. That goes for all 26 of them. The only way would be if 2 of the present NPC groups merged...and I think when that happens you have to keep the group who was in NPC longer.

[bruinaphi]

Most likely neither the chapter nor Alpha Phi International knew that this woman had been initiated into DZ. Initiation into two NPC groups is not allowed by any NPC group as 33girl said.

[LatinaAlumna]

AstroAphi wrote:

I would at the very least check it out. If it's not for you, then no big deal, you still have your Gamma Alpha Omega sisters.

Gamma Alpha Omega is an LGLO. I don't know of any LGLO that permits their members to join another sorority or fraternity, unless is is an honor society or community service-only organization. I could be wrong.

AstroAPhi: To be honest, your comments on your last post bother me. How would you feel if someone told you "If it's not for you, then no big deal, you still have your Alpha Phi sisters."? We don't "fall back" on our sororities if things don't work out with other groups, just as I'm sure you don't.

[astroAPhi]

Well, first, by her earlier post, she indicated that GAO was a service sorority. If you read the rest of my post, you noticed that I told her about my little sister, who was also in a service organization, and was able to join a social sorority.

I meant in no way that a non-NPC or service org is a fallback. She seems to be intrigued by the social sorority aspect, which is why I told her to check it out. What I meant by "you have your GAO sisters" was that social sorority life may not be what she expects, in which case I assume she is still happy with GAO. I was not trying to assume she was unhappy with her service/Latina GLO.

I just encourage everyone who is interested to check out social sorority life because it has done so much for me. Some people like to have the 2 different aspects, others don't have the time or are uncomfortable with social orgs. It's a matter of taste.

GAOgirl and LatinaAlumna, I apolgize for the misunderstanding, as I meant no ill will towards your organizations.